Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... death itself . It was at the age of eighty - six that he quoted Epicurus to a journalist : ' Why are you afraid of death ? Where you are , death is not . Where death is , you are not . What is it that you fear ? ' Death , he insisted ...
... death itself . It was at the age of eighty - six that he quoted Epicurus to a journalist : ' Why are you afraid of death ? Where you are , death is not . Where death is , you are not . What is it that you fear ? ' Death , he insisted ...
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... death , 214 ; as stepfather , 221-2 ; 1956 visit to Moscow , 231–2 ; meets President Kennedy , 239-43 ; and mother's death , 272 ; portrait by Derek Hill , 274 ; visits Australia and Japan , 274 ; home life , 277 ; Lucian Freud portrait ...
... death , 214 ; as stepfather , 221-2 ; 1956 visit to Moscow , 231–2 ; meets President Kennedy , 239-43 ; and mother's death , 272 ; portrait by Derek Hill , 274 ; visits Australia and Japan , 274 ; home life , 277 ; Lucian Freud portrait ...
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... death , 214 ; and IB's marriage , 217 , 219 ; and IB's knighthood , 222 ; IB's devotion to in old age , 271-2 ; death , 272 Berlin , Samuel ( IB's uncle ) , 139 Bermuda Conference ( 1943 ) , 120-1 Bevin , Ernest , 177 Bibo , Istvan ...
... death , 214 ; and IB's marriage , 217 , 219 ; and IB's knighthood , 222 ; IB's devotion to in old age , 271-2 ; death , 272 Berlin , Samuel ( IB's uncle ) , 139 Bermuda Conference ( 1943 ) , 120-1 Bevin , Ernest , 177 Bibo , Istvan ...
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